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the president and governor chris christie flew in marine one to see the devastation. president obama promised the government would do whatever it can to help storm victims. >> we'll follow up to make sure you get all the help you need until you rebuild. >> reporter: not far away the search for traps or missing people on staten island can't. nypd rescued six people from roof troops on wednesday. there are signs of life is returning to normal in new york city. all three airports are open as of today as is the new york stock exchange and broadway shows. problems still persist. traffic in the city is nothing short of a nightmare without public transportation wednesday manhattan streets were clogged with people trying to get back to work. there's some good news. subway and train service is starting up again today at least on a limited basis. >> i am declaring a transportation emergency. >> reporter: mayor bloomberg is mandating that all cars driving into manhattan has to have at least three people. >> i know it is inconvenient for a lot of people but the streets can only h
the president and governor chris christie flew in marine one to see the devastation. president obama promised the government would do whatever it can to help storm victims. >> we'll follow up to make sure you get all the help you need until you rebuild. >> reporter: not far away the search for traps or missing people on staten island can't. nypd rescued six people from roof troops on wednesday. there are signs of life is returning to normal in new york city. all three airports are...
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president obama and governor chris christie toured this area yesterday. the president is promising a swift federal response. as we mentioned people can start applying federal disaster assistance today as 1.8 million remain without power in new jersey, customers that is, that's down from a peak of 2.7 million. utility companies say it will be a week before most power is restored but some outages could linger even longer than that. here in atlantic city, roads remain blocked, leading into town. they are not letting most people back just yet. charlie, norah, gayle. >> one of the most striking image from the storm is that damaged crane still dangling high over the streets of manhattan. senior correspondent john miller spoke with two new york city engineers who had to climb up there to find out just how dangerous the situation is. >> reporter: during the storm that snapped the boom off the crane with winds gusting through the 72 story construction site and swinging the hanging boom back and forth, two new york city building department's engineers had to get to
president obama and governor chris christie toured this area yesterday. the president is promising a swift federal response. as we mentioned people can start applying federal disaster assistance today as 1.8 million remain without power in new jersey, customers that is, that's down from a peak of 2.7 million. utility companies say it will be a week before most power is restored but some outages could linger even longer than that. here in atlantic city, roads remain blocked, leading into town....
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is going to be touring new jersey with governor chris christie who has been one of president obama's sharpest critics but the two coming together. governor christie hurting romney by doing this. other people are saying maybe these two guys are just doing their job and coming together regardless of party. what do you think? >> you know what i think, norah. i think this is, when we see governor christie here, he is behaving as we would expect a leader to behave. i mean, you know this country has gotten so divided and the partisanship is running so high. i mean why wouldn't the governor of new jersey, a state that's been hit like this, why wouldn't he call on the president. he needs the president right now. and why wouldn't he be gracious enough to say thank you when the president gets on the phone, he said yesterday he talked to him three times, the time at midnight. why wouldn't he say thank you. his folks immediate the federal government right now. and i must say, i wish more officials would act like this. i think this is what -- i think this is what americans are hungrying for is of
is going to be touring new jersey with governor chris christie who has been one of president obama's sharpest critics but the two coming together. governor christie hurting romney by doing this. other people are saying maybe these two guys are just doing their job and coming together regardless of party. what do you think? >> you know what i think, norah. i think this is, when we see governor christie here, he is behaving as we would expect a leader to behave. i mean, you know this...
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with an nbc affiliate in des moines. >> governor romney like every challenger will suggest he has better ideas. the problem and you probably heard in the speech today there's no bear there. >> reporter: in a bid to turn out young voters mr. obama did a live interview with mtv on friday. >> the most vibrant musical art form right now over the last ten, 15 years has been hip-hop. >> reporter: he was asked about student loans, climate change and same sex marriage. >> i have a track record of not just talking the talk on this but also walking the walk ending don't-ask, don't-tell and i'm going to keep on pushing as hard as i can but, you know, what's really going to change this is the young people their attitudes, i think will reflect the future. >> reporter: "the washington post" is reporting this morning that the white house is considering proposing another tax cut for working americans next year would amount to a few hundred dollars or more. it would replace the payroll tax cut that americans have been enjoying the past few years and anthony i don't think anyone is surprised that a tax cu
with an nbc affiliate in des moines. >> governor romney like every challenger will suggest he has better ideas. the problem and you probably heard in the speech today there's no bear there. >> reporter: in a bid to turn out young voters mr. obama did a live interview with mtv on friday. >> the most vibrant musical art form right now over the last ten, 15 years has been hip-hop. >> reporter: he was asked about student loans, climate change and same sex marriage. >>...
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you have the republican governor there. so it seems like there's a little bit of a crossfire on that. >> john in a number of these battleground states the unemployment state is below the national average. will the economy work to obama's advantage? >> in five of the nine it's below the 7.9% national average. and as michael said in ohio with the auto question it does work to the president's advantage because he can come and say i took action the last problem, i took action and made life better. that's what he wants to say more broadly. but in the other states it's much more mixed. he can't point to a specific single thing. my favorite state is nevada. worst unemployment rate in the country, terrible economic conditions and the president is doing well there, he's talked to strategists they think he might wip that state and that gets to us the big question what this election is about which is a weak economy versus the demographic advantages that the president has. >> thank you. >>> benefit concert for superstorm sandy last nig
you have the republican governor there. so it seems like there's a little bit of a crossfire on that. >> john in a number of these battleground states the unemployment state is below the national average. will the economy work to obama's advantage? >> in five of the nine it's below the 7.9% national average. and as michael said in ohio with the auto question it does work to the president's advantage because he can come and say i took action the last problem, i took action and made...
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. >> political components, president obama touring with governor chris christie. >> she is sick about it and crying her heart out about it. >> i'm tired of barack obama and mitt romney. >>> coming across the border just as it got stuck. >>> all that -- >> give me a break. where did that come from? >> you wear a belt, i'll start calling you mister. >> and all that matters. >> amazing time-lapsed video of sandy slamming new york city, the water rushing in, power going out. >> new york might get weird with a few more days without power. [ speaking spanish ] >> when your city is flooded, that is as fluent as antonio >> when your city is flooded, that is as fluent as antonio [ bleep ] banderas. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm charlie rose in new york. norah o'donnell is in washington. as you wake up in the west, the extent of superstorm sandy's damage is becoming cloe ining c more alarming. blamed for 75 deaths in 10 states and 4.6 million homes and businesses still have no electricity. >> in new york city, many subway and xhouter trains are now running. dri
. >> political components, president obama touring with governor chris christie. >> she is sick about it and crying her heart out about it. >> i'm tired of barack obama and mitt romney. >>> coming across the border just as it got stuck. >>> all that -- >> give me a break. where did that come from? >> you wear a belt, i'll start calling you mister. >> and all that matters. >> amazing time-lapsed video of sandy slamming new york city,...
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at the flood-ravaged jersey shore, president obama came to meet with new jersey's governor wednesday and personally assessed the damage. >> we are here for you. and we will not forget, we will follow up to make sure that you get all the help that you need until you've rebuilt. >> reporter: at shore communities, the beach now buries homes and businesses. sand plowed from the streets like snow in a blizzard. >> you couldn't see anything because the sand was so intense. >> reporter: in new york city, a dramatic division. >> there's no light, no power, no nothing. >> reporter: a huge chunk of downtown manhattan struggling without power. >> it's sort of like the city has been in some ways cut in half right around 40th or 42nd street. >> reporter: schools remain shut, but much of the city is finally coming to life. mayor bloomberg helped reopen the stock exchange, thanks to generator power. limited subway service resumes today, but mass transit is a disaster. many have to get around either on foot or on wheels. the gridlock is now extreme and carpooling is a must. >> from 6:00 a.m. till mi
at the flood-ravaged jersey shore, president obama came to meet with new jersey's governor wednesday and personally assessed the damage. >> we are here for you. and we will not forget, we will follow up to make sure that you get all the help that you need until you've rebuilt. >> reporter: at shore communities, the beach now buries homes and businesses. sand plowed from the streets like snow in a blizzard. >> you couldn't see anything because the sand was so intense. >>...
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. >> you can't have fema for every state. >> pushing record storm surge. >> the governor ordered all of businesses in and around this area to be shut down. >> we're going to cut through red tape. we're not going to get bogged down. >> today it is extremely dangerous and. >> cenk: already, we're going to talk about alfas sets of hurricane sandy and that storm hitting the east coast of the united states now. it is shutting everything down in new york today including other cities including wall street. it has done that tomorrow. subways, stock market, all closed. so now we're going to discuss whether this has something to do with climate change, which unfortunately you won't see with a lot of outlets. we'll talk about the politics of it in just a minute. first, as i tell you about how the media is not focusing on climate change, it's amazing because they're literally getting battered by the storm and still not recognizing it. here is a collection of media reports on hurricane sandy. >> obama: ref pre-positioned assets where local personnel is working with state governments and we we hav
. >> you can't have fema for every state. >> pushing record storm surge. >> the governor ordered all of businesses in and around this area to be shut down. >> we're going to cut through red tape. we're not going to get bogged down. >> today it is extremely dangerous and. >> cenk: already, we're going to talk about alfas sets of hurricane sandy and that storm hitting the east coast of the united states now. it is shutting everything down in new york today...
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leads governor mitt romney by five points in ohio. that's the same as last week. in virginia, the president holds a two-point lead. however, his republican challenger has an edge with independent voters. and in florida, governor romney has cut the president's nine-point advantage last month to just one point. jan crawford is in tampa covering the romney campaign. jan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. romney's been keeping a pretty low profile over the past couple days as he's been trying to maintain this delicate balance between keeping a public presence while the east coast is being battered by hurricane sandy. but now, six days to go, he is back on the campaign trail. he's got a rally here shortly. they've just opened the doors to let people in. he is looking to build that momentum, continue building momentum. as you said, our poll here in florida shows he's picked up a lot of ground with voters in this key state in the past month. romney arrived in florida tuesday night ahead of three campaign events here today. he'll
leads governor mitt romney by five points in ohio. that's the same as last week. in virginia, the president holds a two-point lead. however, his republican challenger has an edge with independent voters. and in florida, governor romney has cut the president's nine-point advantage last month to just one point. jan crawford is in tampa covering the romney campaign. jan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. romney's been keeping a pretty low profile over the past couple days as...
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there he has been applying since kindergarten. >> obama: on the closing weeks of this campaign governor romney has been using all of his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our countries so badly. the very same policies we have been cleaning up for the last four years. and he is offering them up at change. >> stephanie: exactly. and bloomberg that's huge his endorsement of the president. michael in new york. hey, michael? >> caller: hey, there sexy liberal momma. >> caller: how are you doing honey, you got power? >> caller: yeah i never lost it. but my heart and prayers are out to the others that did lost it. great show at the sexy liberal, and why the marathon is still going on. >> stephanie: why is that? >> caller: because bloomberg is absolutely insane in the membrane. and then let me mention something about the distance between obama and romney. obama has been responding to all of those affected by sandy. and chris christie has been singing nothing but praises for president obama. >> stephanie: that's right. right back on the "stephanie miller show
there he has been applying since kindergarten. >> obama: on the closing weeks of this campaign governor romney has been using all of his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our countries so badly. the very same policies we have been cleaning up for the last four years. and he is offering them up at change. >> stephanie: exactly. and bloomberg that's huge his endorsement of the president. michael in new york. hey, michael? >> caller: hey,...
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. >>> four days to go, president obama arrives in ohio overnight and governor romney heads there as well as both camps brace for this morning's all-important jobs report and the impact of sandy looms large over election day. >>> and walk this way. new yorkers in need of a lift are about to get one on our plaza. the countdown has begun for aerosmith's first ever morning show concert today, friday, november 2nd, 2012. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie. this has been a hard week around here, but it's nice to have something to smile about this morning. aerosmith here on the plaza. >> a confession, i walked outside a second ago as they were rehearsing to see steve tyler behind a microphotograph and joe perry walking up and down the stage. this is just a destruction. the death toll from sandy has risen to more than 90 people. there's a lot of talk about the situation in new york's staten isl
. >>> four days to go, president obama arrives in ohio overnight and governor romney heads there as well as both camps brace for this morning's all-important jobs report and the impact of sandy looms large over election day. >>> and walk this way. new yorkers in need of a lift are about to get one on our plaza. the countdown has begun for aerosmith's first ever morning show concert today, friday, november 2nd, 2012. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with...
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the other thing is last night president obama talking to the governor s governors of new jersey and new york granted a major presidential disaster declaration in addition to previous assistance to ensure that all resources are being made available to governors. we are very much in a response situation. as you pointed out, this is not over. we are not talking about recovery. we are still talking about loif safety operations and working with the governors' teams to get resources in there as they've requested them. >> let's talk about those search and rescue teams. where are you deploring your resources now? >> teams were moving yesterday. primarily right now we're assisting in new jersey, along some of the coastal communities. this is a rapidly changing situation. as you point out, we are very closely linked up with west virginia about the snow and what may be needed there as well as additional rainfall and flooding. so, really the heavy hit areas of new york city and new jersey coast last night topped a lot of requests. we so more of these impacts come in. >> what can you tell us about t
the other thing is last night president obama talking to the governor s governors of new jersey and new york granted a major presidential disaster declaration in addition to previous assistance to ensure that all resources are being made available to governors. we are very much in a response situation. as you pointed out, this is not over. we are not talking about recovery. we are still talking about loif safety operations and working with the governors' teams to get resources in there as...
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when mitt romney was governor of massachusetts. okay. by the way, i was talking about how romney surrogates make me barf. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] they make baby jesus cry i think. so john sununu, when he said colin powell only endorsed president because he's black he's done this -- think progress did like five -- would you like the fun facts? he also said as you recall, obama doesn't understand the american system because he spent his early years in hawaii smoking something. the next set of years in indonesia. he said i wish this president would learn how to be american. he was talking -- >> cuban-born palestinian. you're not american. >> stephanie: sununu described it as disengaged and dismissed the possibility he could do better. you're not that bright. you can't get better prepared. when the president said b.s. to the reporter, he said that moment of using the b.s. word was a self-defining moment for the president. no class. just wants to be cool. sacrifices the dignity of the presidency for appearing cool to blah blah, blah,
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president obama will visit the jersey shore later today. governor christie will tour him around to see the damage along this battered coastline, but, of course, it's not just new jersey. this entire region took a nasty hit. unimaginable devastation and staggering scenes of damage stretching all across the northeast as families try to recover from sandy's unforgiving wrath. >> i'm floored by what happened. >> reporter: neighborhoods are ravaged. cars and home swallowed by water. >> it was unbelievable. i never saw anything like that in my life. >> shredded debris and trees ripped from the ground, knocking down power lines and leaving an open wound of heartbreak up and down the coast. >> it was the scariest thing i've ever seen. >> reporter: across 15 states millions have been left without power. new jersey, the state where sandy came ashore, was hardest hit. in seaside heights, the boardwalk's been ripped apart. the amusement park there before and after the storm. the roller coaster now in the atlantic ocean. the ocean swept so far onshore e
president obama will visit the jersey shore later today. governor christie will tour him around to see the damage along this battered coastline, but, of course, it's not just new jersey. this entire region took a nasty hit. unimaginable devastation and staggering scenes of damage stretching all across the northeast as families try to recover from sandy's unforgiving wrath. >> i'm floored by what happened. >> reporter: neighborhoods are ravaged. cars and home swallowed by water....
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. >>> also ahead, sandy, of course, has both president obama and governor romney standing down with the politics. the presidential race still one week away. both candidates have canceled their public campaign events today, and friday's all-important jobs report could be delayed. we're going to talk about the storm's impact on the race and the economy with chuck todd and cnbc's jim cramer. >>> let us start, though, with the record flooding we've seen down in lower manhattan. natalie morales is down in battery park city. natalie, good morning to you. >> reporter: and good morning to you, matt. we are fortunate that those waters have receded down here in the lower manhattan area, but obviously flooding is an ongoing concern. just to bring you up-to-date right now, nbc news has confirmed 18 deaths have now been blamed on sandy. the situation still not safe, according to officials. as you see, bands of rain and wind still whipping us around, so there's still many areas that are waterlogged right now. flooding, the ongoing concern in coastal, new jersey, which really bore the brunt of the sto
. >>> also ahead, sandy, of course, has both president obama and governor romney standing down with the politics. the presidential race still one week away. both candidates have canceled their public campaign events today, and friday's all-important jobs report could be delayed. we're going to talk about the storm's impact on the race and the economy with chuck todd and cnbc's jim cramer. >>> let us start, though, with the record flooding we've seen down in lower manhattan....
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. >> all right ahead, sandy has both president obama and governor romney standing down on the politics with the presidential race exactly one week away. they have canceled their public events today and friday's all-important jobs report might be delayed. we'll talk about the storm's impact on the race and the economy with chuck todd and cnbc's jim cramer just ahead. >> a quick note for you. we're sad to say that due to sandy we will not be having our halloween celebration on the plaza tomorrow, so if you were planning to join us out here in costume, we want you to stay home, stay safe. we will get that done at some other point. things are more important. >> they are indeed. you'll have to put the ponte hose away for another year. get the latest on the storm, the record flooding we've seen in lower manhattan. let's get to natalie morales in battery park city in the southern tip of mat hannan. natalie, good morning to you again. >> reporter: good morning to you, savannah, once again. we're fully now beginning to realize the devastation of sandy. as you have mentioned in the reporting, at
. >> all right ahead, sandy has both president obama and governor romney standing down on the politics with the presidential race exactly one week away. they have canceled their public events today and friday's all-important jobs report might be delayed. we'll talk about the storm's impact on the race and the economy with chuck todd and cnbc's jim cramer just ahead. >> a quick note for you. we're sad to say that due to sandy we will not be having our halloween celebration on the...
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. >> obama: governor christie throughout this process has been responsive. he has been aggressive in making sure that the state got out in front of this incredible storm, and i think the people of new jersey recognize that he has put his heart and soul into making sure the people in new jersey bounce back even stronger than before. so i just want to thank him for his extrordanaire leadership and partnership. >> ahhhhh! >> i can't imagine what is going on in the romney camp. >> stephanie: no. and they don't know how to respond. kevin madden or whatever his name is -- even they realize that they are in the middle of a national disaster. chris christie. >> i discussed all of those issues today with the president, and i'm pleased to report he has sprung into action immediately while we were riding in the car together. so i want to thank him for that. i think is our sixth conversation since the weekend. >> ahhhhh! cooperation! ah! >> that's another c word they hate cooperation. >> stephanie: yeah he has been up against this solid wall of obstructionism that's why
. >> obama: governor christie throughout this process has been responsive. he has been aggressive in making sure that the state got out in front of this incredible storm, and i think the people of new jersey recognize that he has put his heart and soul into making sure the people in new jersey bounce back even stronger than before. so i just want to thank him for his extrordanaire leadership and partnership. >> ahhhhh! >> i can't imagine what is going on in the romney camp....
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. >> cenk: now that's the governor of new jersey who is busy today of course, running around new jersey trying to make sure everybody is all right and it is a rare moment where a republican praises president obama. now, one republican who did not was the former fema director under george w. bush, michael brown. if you don't remember who michael brown is, you might remember this moment during the bush administration. >> there will be plenty of opportunities to help later on. right now, the immediate concern is to save lives and get food and medicine to people so we can stabilize the situation. i want to thank you all and brownie, you're doing a heck of a job. the fema director is working 24/7. [ applause ] >> cenk: well, that became a big dispute later. michael brown spoke out today and said that president obama was moving too fast during this storm which is fascinating. and he then went on to clarify he said in the context of the election, i simply said he should have waited, the storm was still forming people were debating whether it was going to be as bad as expected or not and i note
. >> cenk: now that's the governor of new jersey who is busy today of course, running around new jersey trying to make sure everybody is all right and it is a rare moment where a republican praises president obama. now, one republican who did not was the former fema director under george w. bush, michael brown. if you don't remember who michael brown is, you might remember this moment during the bush administration. >> there will be plenty of opportunities to help later on. right...
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republican governors among others. mitt romney, as you were saying is having the pathetic -- i'm canceling my campaign. clearly it was a campaign rally. photo op. >> people wearing fire obama t-shirts. >> stephanie: yeah, it was not campaign oriented. then there's grampy insane. where was he? yells at cloud. what was he talking about? benghazi or something? in the middle of a national emergency. >> they're still trying to bring up benghazi. >> stephanie: he's lying so, incompetent. >> famous line is saying he was in las vegas when benghazi was going down and he learned his lesson. that's why he's paying attention here. >> stephanie: the president is trying to help real people in real need. as i said, you know, real people are obviously -- giving him cud dose for it. you're like grampy, what? not today. >> grandpa, it's not real. >> neither are my teeth but i can still eat corn on the cob if someone smooches it into a fine paste. that's good eaten! >> stephanie: cindy in michigan. you're on "the stephanie miller show."
republican governors among others. mitt romney, as you were saying is having the pathetic -- i'm canceling my campaign. clearly it was a campaign rally. photo op. >> people wearing fire obama t-shirts. >> stephanie: yeah, it was not campaign oriented. then there's grampy insane. where was he? yells at cloud. what was he talking about? benghazi or something? in the middle of a national emergency. >> they're still trying to bring up benghazi. >> stephanie: he's lying so,...